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Enteric fistula treatment devices

US8377094B2 · kind B2 · utility

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155References

18Claims

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Assignee

Curaseal Inc. · US

Inventors

Akshay Mavani · Los Altos, US
Kenton Fong · Mountain View, US
Leif Erik Bansner · Berkeley, US
Nathan Christopher Maier · Hayward, US
Dean Hu · San Leandro, US
Moshe Pinto · Mountain View, US
Harold Carrison · Pleasanton, US
Eliot Kim · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2011
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00902
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an implantable fistula closure device. The device may include an expandable longitudinally segmented body including a proximal end and a distal end. The segmented body may further include a plurality of porous bodies and a connecting member operably joining together the plurality of porous bodies. The plurality of porous bodies includes a first porous body with a proximal end and a distal end and a second porous body with a proximal end and a distal end, and the connecting member operably connects the proximal end of the first porous body with the distal end of the second porous body.

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